Family of Zuheily Rosado suing owner of convenience store

MORE THAN THREE MONTHS AFTER A FLAGLER COUNTY CLERK WAS GUNNED DOWN INSIDE THIS CONVENIENCE STORE, HER KILLER IS STILL ON THE LOOSE. NOW HER HUSBAND IS SUING THE OWNER OF THE STORE. WE WANTED JUSTICE. NOBODY'S MOM DESERVES TO DIE LIKE THAT. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TONIGHT. THAT STORE CLERK LEFT BEHIND A HUSBAND AND SIX CHILDREN. THE FAMILY NOW WANTS TO KNOW IF SOMETHING COULD HAVE BEEN DONE TO PREVENT HER DEATH. ACCORDING TO A LAWSUIT JUST FILED, THE FAMILY HAS POINTED QUESTIONS FOR THE OWNER OF THE STORE. 32-YEAR-OLD WOMAN WAS SHOT TO DEATH FEBRUARY 22ND AT A CONVENIENCE STORE IN PALM COAST. POLICE LATER RELEASED SURVEILLANCE VIDEO OF THE CRIME BUT THE GUNMAN'S FACE WAS COVERED WITH A SHIRT. HE WENT INTO THE STORE, WENT DIRECTLY TO THE COUNTER, AND FIRED THE SHOT THAT KILLED HER AND RAN OUT. HAILEY WINSLOW SPOKE WITH MEMBERS OF THE ROSADO FAMILY AND THEIR LAWYER ABOUT THIS LEGAL ACTION. I FOUND OUT TODAY SHE DIDN'T WANT TO GO TO WORK THAT DAY. SHE WAS TRYING TO TAKE THE DAY OFF TO CELEBRATE A SPECIAL OCCASION. UNFORTUNATELY IT WAS HER LAST DAY. THIS HAS MORE TO DO WITH EVERYTHING. SHE MISSES HEARING "I LOVE YOU" AND "I'LL BE HOME SOON" THE VOICE THAT ALWAYS COMFORTED THE 15-YEAR-OLD AND MADE HER LAUGH. ONE WEEK AFTER VALENTINE'S DAY, ROMAN'S MOM WAS SHOT AND KILLED AT THE FOOD MART WHERE SHE WORKED AS A CLERK. COLD-BLOODED MURDER. FROM THE VIDEO, THEY WALK IN, KILL HER, WALK OUT. THERE'S NO OTHER PURPOSE. SHE DIDN'T COME HOME THAT DAY AND, YOU KNOW, JUST HAVING A CALL -- HAVING HER CALL AND TELLING -- HAVING A CALL AND TELLING US OUR MOM DIED, IT REALLY HURT US BECAUSE WE'VE NEVER BEEN THROUGH NOTHING LIKE THIS. ATTORNEY JOHN PHILLIPS REPRESENTS ROSADO'S HUSBAND, NOW SUING THE OWNER FOR NEGLIGENCE. SOMEONE CAME INTO THE GAS STATION A WEEK BEFORE AND THREATENED TO GO BACK AND KILL HER. DESPITE THAT, THEY DIDN'T DO ANYTHING, DIDN'T ADD ANYTHING TO THE SHIFT. YOU NEED TO DO SOMETHING. THE OWNER SHOULD HAVE PROVIDED SECURITY OR REPORTED IT TO POLICE. THE HUSBAND IS SUING FOR FRAUD BECAUSE THE STORE OWNER FAILED TO RENEW THE WORKERS' COMPENSATION COVERAGE WHICH WOULD HAVE PROVIDED THE FAMILY WITH FUNERAL EXPENSES AND UP TO $150,000 IN DEATH BENEFITS. NOW HER HUSBAND AND SIX KIDS ARE LEFT WITH NOTHING BUT BROKEN HEARTS. IT'S VERY HARD, CHANGING MY LIFE OUT THERE. WE SURVIVE EVERY DAY BECAUSE -- I PRAY EVERY DAY FOR HER BECAUSE SHE REALLY WAS MY EVERYTHING. ALL I WISH TO SEE IS JUSTICE FOR THE KIDS. THE ATTORNEY JOHN PHILLIPS IS OFFERING A $5,000 REWARD IN ADDITION TO THE $5,000

PALM COAST, Fla. -

More than three months after a Flagler County clerk was gunned down in a convenience store, her killer is still on the loose. Now, the family of Zuheily Rosado is suing the owner of that store.

"Cold-blooded murder," said Phillips. "I mean, from the video, they walk in, kill her, walk out, there's no other purpose."

Phillips represents Rosado's husband, now suing the store owner for wrongful death and negligence.

Phillips said the owner knew someone had come into the gas station the week before, fought with Rosado and threatened to go back and kill her.

"Despite that they didn't do anything, they didn't add anybody to her shift, you know, we're not asking all of a sudden to put up bullet-proof casings, but you do something," said Phillips.

Phillips said the owner should have provided Rosado security or reported the threat to police.

Rosado's husband is also suing for fraud because the store owner failed to renew his worker's compensation coverage, which would have provided her family with money for funeral expenses, and up to $150,000 in death benefits.

Now, Rosado's husband said he and his six kids are left with nothing, but broken hearts among her entire family.

"It's very hard thinking of my life without her, to survive everyday because I pray every day for her because she really was my everything," said Rosado's daughter, Ulises Angel. "All I wish is for justice for all the kids."

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